Julio Cesar Ramirez Valencia, a 41-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Friday, Nov. 25, on McKinley Avenue north of 135th Street in Compton, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department records.

Ramirez Valencia was driving north in the 13400 block of Stanford Avenue about 4:35 p.m. when he came upon two black men walking in the street, said Lt. Joe Mendoza.

The three men “had a brief exchange of words,” Mendoza said, and as Ramirez Valencia continued driving, one of the pedestrians pulled out a gun and began shooting at the car.

The men on foot then ran the opposite direction, south on Stanford Avenue, a block east on 135th Street and then north on McKinley Street, according to witnesses.

Ramirez Valencia turned his two-door compact car around and followed the two men to McKinley Street, where one of the runners fired again ...

Douglas Anthony Green, a 38-year-old black male, was shot and killed Friday, Sept. 23, in the 2500 block of West Compton Boulevard in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

Green was walking in his neighborhood when he was shot about 4:42 a.m., Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Steve Jauch said.

Residents called 911 to report gunfire, and deputies found Green lying on the street with multiple gunshot wounds, Jauch said. Green was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:53 a.m., according to coroner’s records.

Investigators found seven shell casings at the scene, according to coroner’s records. No one reported seeing the shooting, Jauch said, so investigators don’t have any suspect information.

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Donta Gurrell Taylor, a 31-year-old black man, was shot and killed by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies on Thursday, Aug. 25, near the concrete-lined wash basin by West Arbutus Street and North Kemp Avenue in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

Deputies who had been chasing Taylor shot the man, said Lt. Steve Jauch. Taylor was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:30 p.m. with multiple gunshot wounds, according to coroner’s records.

Authorities said Taylor pointed a handgun at the deputies, but investigators have been unable to find a weapon, Jauch said.

“I can tell you both deputies said he was armed with a firearm and both deputies were involved in the shooting,” Jauch said. “A thorough search was conducted after the shooting that night and again the following day, with two different gun dogs, metal detectors and uniformed personnel ...

Branden Marcel Davis, a 21-year-old black man, was shot and killed Monday, Aug. 1, in the 500 block of North Sloan Avenue in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies went to Davis' home after receiving a 911 call about gunshots about 10:40 p.m.

Deputies found Davis lying in his driveway with multiple gunshot wounds, said Lt. Steve Jauch. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead at 11:10 p.m., according to coroner's records.

Investigators learned that a man confronted Davis in his frontyard and fired several shots at him, Jauch said.

"We have no suspect description other than he was a male," Jauch said.

Investigators don't have a motive for the shooting, Jauch said, and they don't know how the shooter left the area. ...

Donnell Thompson Jr., a 27-year-old black man, was shot and killed by a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy Thursday, July 28, in the 800 block of West Stockwell Street in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

Initially, the department said Thompson was an armed carjacking suspect who had fired at deputies, but on Aug. 9, authorities said that the man had nothing to do with that crime or the assault on deputies.

“Knowing what we know now, do we wish it hadn’t happened? It speaks for itself,” said Capt. Steven Katz, head of the sheriff’s homicide bureau.

The incident began in the early hours of July 28, when a man used a gun to commandeer a 2012 gray Honda Civic at 48th Street and Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles, Katz said.

Jeremiah Owings, a 42-year-old white man, was shot and killed on Thursday, July 21, in the 100 block of South Willow Avenue in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

The shooting occurred about 6:30 p.m., as Owings, a documented gang member, was hanging out with members of his gang in the rear parking lot of an apartment complex, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Mike Rosson.

Investigators believe several members of a rival gang walked up to the group and began shooting, Rosson said.

Owings was struck multiple times by gunfire. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:13 p.m., according to coroner’s records.

No one else was injured in the shooting, Rosson said.

“We think this was probably retribution from a previous shooting that happened in Compton, in the rival gang’s neighborhood,” Rosson ...

Ladaro Morrell Figures Jr., a 24-year-old black man, was shot and killed Saturday, July 9, in the 2700 block of West Lantana Street in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

Figures and a friend were sitting in the front seats of his parked, four-door sedan when two men with guns walked up on either side of the vehicle around 1:14 p.m., said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Eddie Hernandez.

The car was parked on the street in front of a house belonging to the friend’s relative, with Figures behind the wheel and his friend in the passenger seat, Hernandez said.

Investigators don’t know if the men said anything before they pulled out their guns. “One suspect opened fire from the passenger’s side and the other from the driver’s side,” Hernandez said.